Leading the field with nine nominations apiece were Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Birdman and Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel. Next with eight nominations was Morten Tyldum's The Imitation Game followed by Richard Linklater's Boyhood and Clint Eastwood's American Sniper with six nominations. Each of these was nominated for Best Picture as well as Best Director, except American Sniper which missed out on the director slot.
The other Best Picture nominees were Ava DuVernay's Selma, James Marsh's The Theory of Everything and Damien Chazelle's Whiplash. The fifth Best Director slot went to Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher.
Canadian nominees include animation directors Dean DeBlois (How to Train Your Dragon 2) from Aylmer, Quebec; director Graham Annable (The Boxtrolls) from Sault Ste Marie, Ontario; and Torill Kove (Me and My Moulton) from Norway but now based in Montreal. Other Canadians include Craig Mann for Sound Mixing in Whiplash. The song Everything Is Awesome performed by Tegan and Sara was the only nomination for The LEGO Movie. Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern were nominated for Montrealer Jean-Marc Vallée's latest film Wild.
Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.
Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all categories.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2014 will be presented on Oscar® Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars, produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
Nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Steve Carell in Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures Classics)
Bradley Cooper in American Sniper (Warner Bros.)
Benedict Cumberbatch in The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company)
Michael Keaton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight)
Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything (Focus Features)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Robert Duvall in The Judge (Warner Bros.)
Ethan Hawke in Boyhood (IFC Films)
Edward Norton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight)
Mark Ruffalo in Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures Classics)
J.K. Simmons in Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night (Sundance Selects)
Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything (Focus Features)
Julianne Moore in Still Alice (Sony Pictures Classics)
Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl (20th Century Fox)
Reese Witherspoon in Wild (Fox Searchlight)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood (IFC Films)
Laura Dern in Wild (Fox Searchlight)
Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company)
Emma Stone in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight)
Meryl Streep in Into the Woods (Walt Disney)
Best animated feature film of the year
Big Hero 6 (Walt Disney) Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
The Boxtrolls (Focus Features) Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (20th Century Fox) Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
Song of the Sea (GKIDS) Tomm Moore and Paul Young
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (GKIDS) Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Achievement in cinematography
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight) Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight) Robert Yeoman
Ida (Music Box Films) Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr. Turner (Sony Pictures Classics) Dick Pope
Unbroken (Universal) Roger Deakins
Achievement in costume design
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight) Milena Canonero
Inherent Vice (Warner Bros.) Mark Bridges
Into the Woods (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood
Maleficent (Walt Disney) Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive
Mr. Turner (Sony Pictures Classics) Jacqueline Durran
Achievement in directing
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight) Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Boyhood (IFC Films) Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures Classics) Bennett Miller
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight) Wes Anderson
The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company) Morten Tyldum
Best documentary feature
CitizenFour (RADiUS) A Praxis Films Production; Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
Finding Vivian Maier (Sundance Selects) A Ravine Pictures Production; John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
Last Days in Vietnam (American Experience Films) A Moxie Firecracker Films Production; Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
The Salt of the Earth (Sony Pictures Classics) A Decia Films Production; Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
Virunga (Netflix) A Grain Media Production; Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Best documentary short subject
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 (HBO Documentary Films) A Perry Films Production; Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
Joanna A Wajda Studio Production; Aneta Kopacz
Our Curse A Warsaw Film School Production; Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
The Reaper (La Parka) A Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica Production; Gabriel Serra Arguello
White Earth A Weary Traveler Production; J. Christian Jensen
Achievement in film editing
American Sniper (Warner Bros.) Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
Boyhood (IFC Films) Sandra Adair
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight) Barney Pilling
The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company) William Goldenberg
Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics) Tom Cross
Best foreign language film of the year
Ida A Phoenix Film-Opus Film in association with Portobello Pictures and Phoenix Poland Production; Poland
Leviathan A Non-Stop Production; Russia
Tangerines An Allfilm Production; Estonia
Timbuktu A Les Films du Worso Production; Mauritania
Wild Tales A Kramer & Sigman Films/El Deseo Production; Argentina
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures Classics) Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight) Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
Guardians of the Galaxy (Walt Disney) Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight) Alexandre Desplat
The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company) Alexandre Desplat
Interstellar (Paramount) Hans Zimmer
Mr. Turner (Sony Pictures Classics) Gary Yershon
The Theory of Everything (Focus Features) Jóhann Jóhannsson
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie (Warner Bros.) Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
“Glory” from Selma (Paramount) Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
“Grateful” from Beyond the Lights (Relativity Media) Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me (Area 23a) Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
“Lost Stars” from Begin Again (The Weinstein Company) Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
Best motion picture of the year
American Sniper (Warner Bros.) A Warner Bros. Pictures Production; Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight) A New Regency/M Productions/Le Grisbi Production; Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
Boyhood (IFC Films) An IFC Productions/Detour Filmproduction Production; Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight) An American Empirical Production; Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company) A Black Bear Pictures/Bristol Automotive Production; Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers
Selma (Paramount) A Paramount Pictures Production; Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
The Theory of Everything (Focus Features) A Working Title Films Production; Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics) A Blumhouse Productions/Right of Way Films/Bold Films Production; Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers
Achievement in production design
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight) Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company) Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
Interstellar (Paramount) Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
Into the Woods (Walt Disney) Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
Mr. Turner (Sony Pictures Classics) Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts
Best animated short film
The Bigger Picture A National Film and Television School Production; Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
The Dam Keeper A Tonko House Production; Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
Feast (Walt Disney) A Walt Disney Animation Studios Production; Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
Me and My Moulton (National Film Board of Canada) A Mikrofilm/National Film Board of Canada Production; Torill Kove
A Single Life (KLIK! Distribution Service) A Job, Joris & Marieke Production; Joris Oprins
Best live action short film
Aya (IsraeliFilms) A Cassis Films and Divine Production; Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo and Graham An Out of Orbit Production; Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak) (L’Agence du Court-métrage) An AMA Production; Hu Wei and Julien Féret
Parvaneh A Zurich University of Arts Production; Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
The Phone Call (Network Ireland Television) An RSA Films Production; Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Achievement in sound editing
American Sniper (Warner Bros.) Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight) Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Warner Bros.) Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
Interstellar (Paramount) Richard King
Unbroken (Universal) Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
Achievement in sound mixing
American Sniper (Warner Bros.) John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight) Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
Interstellar (Paramount) Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
Unbroken (Universal) Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics) Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley
Achievement in visual effects
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Walt Disney) Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Fox) Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
Guardians of the Galaxy (Walt Disney) Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
Interstellar (Paramount) Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
X-Men: Days of Future Past (20th Century Fox) Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer
Adapted screenplay
American Sniper (Warner Bros.) Written by Jason Hall
The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company) Written by Graham Moore
Inherent Vice (Warner Bros.) Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory of Everything (Focus Features) Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Damien Chazelle
Original screenplay
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight) Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
Boyhood (IFC Films) Written by Richard Linklater
Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler (Open Road Films) Written by Dan Gilroy
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